Craniectomy in Herpetic Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-203

  González Rabelino, Gabriel A ^a   Fons, Carmen ^b   Rey, Andrea ^a   Roussos, Ioannis ^b   Campistol, Jaume ^b  

^a Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell   (Uruguay)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; MANNITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DETERIORATION; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN EDEMA; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749144771     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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